Rank/Rate: Pharmacist’s Mate, Second Class

Service Number: 295 32 89

Birth Date: February 22, 1914

From: McEwen, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal

Ship: USS Canopus (AS-9)

Date of Death: February 11, 1945

Location: Kokura Military Hospital, Kokura, Japan

Circumstances: Died of acute colitis

Remarks: Some sources list George’s date of death as January 30, 1945. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Canopus (AS-9)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Canopus (AS-9)

Find a Grave Memorial: George D Edwards, Edwards Cemetery, Humphreys County, Tennessee